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E. HUNZIKER Sept. 11, 1951 CASE STAND 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Jan. 16, 1946 INVENTOR- EM/L H N KER @1 5? ATTO p 1951 v E. HUNZIKER 2,567,669

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Patented Sept. 11, 1951 CASE STAND Emil Hunziker, Berne, Switzerland, assignor to Liischer, Leber & Cie A.-G., Berne, Switzerland, a joint-stock company of Switzerland Application January 16 1946, Serial No. 641,428 In Switzerland January 22, 1945 The present invention relates to improvements in case-stands used in typography, and wherein the case-stand is provided with a horizontal movable desk on which the type setting work is performed and which is so constructed that the compositor may work while seated.

The object of this invention is to provide a transverse ledge in the desk for putting away lines. This makes it possible to equip a casestand of a given height with more type drawers than up till now. Indeed every such type up to the present time provided with a means of putting away lines, whereby the height of the drawer was considerably increased. Owing to theabove-mentioned transverse ledge those means on the drawers can be omitted, thus permitting each type drawer to be made of minimum height sufficient to serve as a receptacle for type.

In order to make my invention more clearly understood, reference is made to the accompanying drawings which are for the purpose of illustrating two forms of carryingthe invention to practical effect.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side view of a case-stand with desk.

Figure 2 is a side view of the movable desk of the Figure 1, on a larger scale.

Figure 3 is a cross section through the line III-III of the Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a back view of a part of the casestand of Figure 1, in fragmental section.

Figure 5 is a side view of the horizontally movable desk, and of the upper portion of the boxshaped part of the case-stand of the second example.

Figure 6 is a plan of the case for the spec ing material with the parts of the horizontally movable desk of the Figure 5 on which this case is mounted.

Figure 7 is a front view of a part of the case for the spacing material, and of the horizontally movable desk of the Figure 5, partly in section.

The case I of the case-stand of Figs. 1 to 4 contains a number of type drawers 2 out from which the compositor takes the types desired. At the top of the case I, angle bars 3 are fitted up. and on these bars rollers 4 are pivoted. On the rollers 4 run U-irons to which the desk 5 is fastened, the type setting work being performed on the inclined surface 6 of said desk. Therefore the desk is horizontally movable. If the compositor wishes to work while standing, he leaves the desk 5 in the position indicated by the full lines of Fig. 1; if on the contrary the compositor wishes to work seated with the help 2 Claims. (Cl. 27644) of the seat'l, then he pulls out the desk 5 into the position shown in Fig. 1 by dot and dash lines. To the two sides of the desk levers 8 are fixed, which may be pressed against the angle bars 3 by means of a winged nut 9 for the purpose of locking the desk 5.

Since the desk has a great width in proportion to its length extending in the movement direction, means are provided for preventing any canting of the desk when it is displaced. These means consist of pins H) which are fastened on the angle bars 3 with the aid of spring plates Ii. The pins. IE] lie in the way of the levers. 8. If; the desk is for instance moved to the right (Fig. 2), then thelevers 8' at a certain moment will strike against the left'hand pin I0. The desk 5 cannot be moved farther (Fig. 4) until the pin H) is pushed outwards. Then further moving of the desk becomes possible until it strikes against the next pin 10. In this manner the'desk 5 is prevented from canting.

The desk 5 carries a transverse corner-shaped ledge 2 for putting away lines, by which the conventional means on the type drawers as they have been used till now for putting away lines, are done away with.

Furthermore the desk 5 is provided with containers I3 and M for receiving spacing material, the container l3 being intended for the quadrats, and the container [4 for the slugs.

The above-mentioned seat 1 is transportable and its height may be adjusted.

As regards the type setting, the spacing material must be available as quickly and easily as possible for the sake of rapid work. This is made possible in the case-stand according to Figs. 5 and 6 in that a case for spacing material is mounted on the horizontally movable desk in such a way that when moved outwardly, it projects beyond the front of the desk.

In the above-mentioned Figs. 5 and 6 the desk 5 runs, as in the first example, by means of U-irons fixed to the desk, on rollers 4 mounted on angle bars 3 of the case I. A box l5 for spacing material is pivotally mounted on the desk 5 by means of a bolt I! fastened on an eye 16 of the desk 5, in such a manner that, in the turnedout position (shown in chain-dotted lines in Fig. 6), it projects from the front-face [8 of the desk 5. In particular, the box [5 is moutned in such a way, that in its turned-out position it is laterally projecting from the front-face of the desk 5. Therefore, while being swung out it moves against the lateral end P9 of the front-face I8. In the turned-in position, the box I5 lies under the inclined surface 6 on which the type setting work is performed, that is in the interior of the desk 5.

If the compositor now needs spacing material, he takes hold of the handle 20 of the turned-in box l and swings it out so that the box lies laterally of the compositor in such a position that the latter may take out the spacing material wanted without leaving his working place.

Preferably two boxes l5 are provided for spacing material, one of which, when swung out, moves towards the one lateral end of the frontface l8 of the desk 5, and the other box towards the other lateral end of the desk front face. Instead of swinging boxes there might be provided one or two drawer-shaped boxes.

The Figs. 5-7 also show a device in which the desk 5 is clamped after fractions of its way in order to avoid canting, said device differing from the one shown in the first example.

The U-irons belonging to the desk 5 are provided with equidistant holes '22. In the part I, pins 23 with a handle 24 are provided. These pins are under the influence of a spring 25 which presses them against the lower flange of the U-irons. Each time a hole 22 comes into reach of the pins 23 when the desk 5 is moved, the pins enter into the hole under the action of the spring 25. Before further displacement can take place the pins 23 must be pulled downwards, and the play begins anew.

What I claim is:

1. A printer's cabinet comprising a case-stand including a plurality of type drawers arranged above one another, each drawer being of minimum height sufficient to serve as a receptacle for type, a desk means disposed on top of said case-stand and including a galley rest, and a ledge means mounted on said desk means above the rear of said galley rest for receiving set type lines.

2. A printers cabinet comprising a case-stand including a plurality of type drawers arranged above one another, said drawers being of minimum height sufficient to serve as receptacles for type, a desk means disposed on top of said casestand and including a galley rest inclining from the front of said case-stand, cooperating guide means on said case-stand and on said desk means affording horizontal movement of the latter on and beyond the front of the former, said desk means having lateral walls with portions thereof extending above the rear part of said galley rest, and a ledge means extending between said portions and above the rear of the galley rest for receiving set type lines.

EMIL HUNZIKER.

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